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Dr. Randy Keller, Director of the Oklahoma Geological
Survey welcomed the attendees and provided introductory
remarks to initiate the workshop. Eight invited talks were
given by Michael
Ming, Secretary
of Energy for the
State of Oklahoma
(shown below, right,
along with Carl
Sondergeld, left);
Mr. Richard Newhart,
team leader for the
East Texas-Louisiana
region of EnCana;
Mr. Craig Caldwell,
geologist for Cimarex
Energy Co.; Mr. Neil
Volume 71, No. 3 • 2011
A NEWSLETTER OF THE OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
The University of Oklahoma MEWBOURNE COLLEGE OF EARTH & ENERGY
71
Shales Moving Forward: OGS Workshop Highlights
Challenges Faced Exploiting Unconventional Gas Shales
The thematic OGS shale workshop was held in Norman on
July 21, 2011. This was the third in a series of workshops
focusing on shales. Attendance was in excess of 250
people representing academic and industry demographics.
The workshop was coordinated and hosted by Ms. Michelle
Summers and the Oklahoma Geological Survey staff
(Tammie Creel-Williams, Sue Britton Crites and Jane
Weber) at the Moore-Norman Technology Center. Prof.
Carl H. Sondergeld from the Mewbourne School of
Petroleum and Geological Engineering coordinated and
organized the technical agenda. Two vendors set up
displays and demonstrations of their latest technologies.
The vendors were FEI, the manufacturer of high end dual
beam Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) imaging systems
and FIT (Fluid Inclusions Technologies) who markets
wellsite and laboratory hydrocarbon analysis of gas
contained within fl uid inclusions.
Carl H. Sondergeld, OU Mewbourne School of Petroleum & Geological Engineering
The Survey’s got a piece
of the Rock, er, log...
Many thanks to the gen-erosity
of the Bill Dawson
Family, who donated this
beautiful petrifi ed wood
specimen (OGS geologist
Rick Andrews for scale).
Originally purchased by
William N. Dawson from a
collector in Tulsa, he then
put it at his retirement
home in Tulsa. OGS would
also like to thank Cindy
Dees, Williams Auction
Co., and Dan Kissinger, OU
Facilities Management,
who were both instrumen-tal
in helping make this
donation and delivery of
said two-ton (not exag-gerating,
folks) donation
happen.

Dr. Randy Keller, Director of the Oklahoma Geological
Survey welcomed the attendees and provided introductory
remarks to initiate the workshop. Eight invited talks were
given by Michael
Ming, Secretary
of Energy for the
State of Oklahoma
(shown below, right,
along with Carl
Sondergeld, left);
Mr. Richard Newhart,
team leader for the
East Texas-Louisiana
region of EnCana;
Mr. Craig Caldwell,
geologist for Cimarex
Energy Co.; Mr. Neil
Volume 71, No. 3 • 2011
A NEWSLETTER OF THE OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
The University of Oklahoma MEWBOURNE COLLEGE OF EARTH & ENERGY
71
Shales Moving Forward: OGS Workshop Highlights
Challenges Faced Exploiting Unconventional Gas Shales
The thematic OGS shale workshop was held in Norman on
July 21, 2011. This was the third in a series of workshops
focusing on shales. Attendance was in excess of 250
people representing academic and industry demographics.
The workshop was coordinated and hosted by Ms. Michelle
Summers and the Oklahoma Geological Survey staff
(Tammie Creel-Williams, Sue Britton Crites and Jane
Weber) at the Moore-Norman Technology Center. Prof.
Carl H. Sondergeld from the Mewbourne School of
Petroleum and Geological Engineering coordinated and
organized the technical agenda. Two vendors set up
displays and demonstrations of their latest technologies.
The vendors were FEI, the manufacturer of high end dual
beam Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) imaging systems
and FIT (Fluid Inclusions Technologies) who markets
wellsite and laboratory hydrocarbon analysis of gas
contained within fl uid inclusions.
Carl H. Sondergeld, OU Mewbourne School of Petroleum & Geological Engineering
The Survey’s got a piece
of the Rock, er, log...
Many thanks to the gen-erosity
of the Bill Dawson
Family, who donated this
beautiful petrifi ed wood
specimen (OGS geologist
Rick Andrews for scale).
Originally purchased by
William N. Dawson from a
collector in Tulsa, he then
put it at his retirement
home in Tulsa. OGS would
also like to thank Cindy
Dees, Williams Auction
Co., and Dan Kissinger, OU
Facilities Management,
who were both instrumen-tal
in helping make this
donation and delivery of
said two-ton (not exag-gerating,
folks) donation
happen.